Earlier this month he told me he’s got his heart set on an allotment, and at the This Means War premiere this week, he revealed he was wistful about wanting a part in the now-axed TV show The Bill.

“When I started out I just wanted to be on The Bill. When I went to drama school I was like, ‘If i can just be a police officer on The Bill that will do me’. So I’ve done very well. Thank you God and ­everyone else.”

And it sounds like Tom had a blast ­filming his new rom-com flick with Reece Witherspoon and Chris Pine.

“It was awesome to work with Reese as she is clearly the queen of the genre – she was really the draw. And there’s definitely a budding bromance there with Chris – he’s as hot as hell and really lovely. He’s a very funny guy so the banter with him was fun.”